WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy® is a tax-exempt, non-profit organization
whose objectives are Historical, Benevolent, Educational, Memorial, and Patriotic; AND
WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy® is an organization dedicated
to the purpose of honoring the memory of its Confederate ancestors; protecting, preserving
and marking the places made historic by Confederate valor; collecting and preserving the material for a truthful history of the War Between the States; recording the participation of Southern women in their patient endurance of hardship and patriotic devotion during and after the War Between the States; fulfilling the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivors and
those dependent upon them; assisting descendants of worthy Confederates in securing a proper
education; honoring the service of veterans from all wars as well as active duty military personnel; and cherishing the ties of friendship among the members of the organization,
AND
WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy® is a patriotic organization
which honors and upholds the United States of America and respects its Flag, AND
WHEREAS, The United Daughters of the Confederacy® does not subscribe to policies
of individuals, groups or organizations that do not honor and respect the United States of
America and its Flag,
THEREFORE, BE IT KNOWN, that The United Daughters of the Confederacy®
does not associate with or include in its official UDC functions and events, any individual,
group or organization known as unpatriotic, militant, racist, or subversive to the United States
of America and its Flag, AND
BE IT FURTHER KNOWN, that The United Daughters of the Confederacy® will
not associate with any individual, group or organization identified as being militant, unpatriotic, racist or subversive to the United States of America and its Flag.
Janice K. Langford
President General 2006–2008
Reaffirmed:
Jane Grier Durden
President General 2008–2010
Martha Rogers Van Schaick
President General 2010–2012
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